On This Day - Detroit Metro Connections

On this day of March...
Thursday 18	1930, Birth of Adam Cardinal Maida.
Friday 19	1863, Act approved by Governor Blair incorporating Detroit Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce.
Saturday 20	1919, Women served as jurors in County Courts for the first time.
Sunday 21	1822, First Methodist Episcopal Society of Detroit organized.
Monday 22	1910, City Council voted to accept Andrew Carnegie's gift of $750,000 for a library and branches.
Tuesday 23	1984, Michigan's first test tube baby born in Hazel Park.
Wednesday 24	1901, John Philip Sousa and his band delighted audiences in the Lyceum Theater.
Thursday 25	1965, Viola Liuzzo, Detroit housewife and civil rights advocate, was murdered by the KKK in Alabama.
Friday 26	1777, John Coutincinau and Ann Wyley hanged for larceny.
Saturday 27	1946, Walter Reuther elected UAW President.
Sunday 28	1864, 102nd U.S. Colored Troops left Detroit for service in the Union Army.
Monday 29	1869, Detroit Opera House opened.
Tuesday 30	1815, "Pacification Ball" held at Woodworth's Hotel in honor of peach between Great Britain and the U.S.
Wednesday 31	1818, Log building dedicated to mark first Protestant church in Michigan.
Source: The Days of Detroit-1999 Calendar. Detroit Historical Museum, 313-833-4727. www.detroithistorical.org.

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